KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan rapper "Fresh Kid" has racked up hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube, won a U.S. music award and emerged victorious from a tussle with the government – all before his ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, is a Ugandan music star and political leader currently in exile. Framing his movement as a“people power” struggle ...

A little over 6o years ago, African states gained independence from their colonial masters. It was assumed the wind of change would bring with it a new sense of nationalism, common good, and identity.

Studies dealing with displacement have shown that music is among the vehicles the displaced adopt to communicate their grievances. For the Ugandan survivors of a landslide who are relocated to a ...

Despite being called “immoral” by some politicians, this year’s Nyege Nyege festival celebrated diversity and innovation in contemporary African music. By Tom Faber KAMPALA, Uganda — Visitors ...

For years, Uganda’s live band culture was often treated as the after party, something tucked into lounges, bars, and late-night hangouts, where musicians breathed new life into other people’s songs ...

Music is not just entertainment; it is a tool to address global problems. This is how. The Bidi Bidi refugee camp in Northern Uganda is now the country’s second-largest city, with a population of over ...

The proposed legislation seeks to modernize Uganda's copyright framework, align it with international standards, and ensure creators benefit more fairly from their intellectual work. Mao described the ...

The eight-year-old rapper has become a household name in Uganda, a country mired in poverty and corruption, for singing about his parents' struggles to provide for him and his four siblings KAMPALA, ...